Welcome to the results of our 2012 Top Doctors peer survey, the most-selective such list in the region and a resource our readers have trusted for 26 years. (
Read more about our methodology)

But there’s more to the feature than just a string of names of great physicians: We’ve put the spotlight on some of their work, too. One we spent time with is Dr. Michael Ain, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at The Johns Hopkins Hospital who also specializes in the treatment of skeletal dysplasia, commonly known as dwarfism—a line of work made more meaningful by the fact that Dr. Ain is a dwarf himself. And we looked at the forward-thinking research that comes from a unique brain bank at the University of Maryland. We’ve also asked some of our docs to recount exactly how they ended up in medicine, and their tales ranged from poignant to amusing.

As you read through this feature, we think you’ll agree: It’s not just a list, but a primer on why Baltimore is one of the medical capitals of the world.

*Those physicians not currently accepting new patients are denoted with an asterisk.

**In the November issue’s results of the Top Doctors survey, winners in certain medical specialties are appearing our website, but not in the print edition.

Those additional specialties, which follow, include anesthesiology, radiology, pathology, pediatric specialties other than general pediatrics, and orthopedic specialties other than general orthopedics. Doctors named in these specialties won their peer-recommended places on the list by the same standard as those in the print edition.

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The rest our 2012 list of Baltimore's Top Doctors can be found in the November issue, on newsstands now. (
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Methodology

To arrive at our results, we surveyed nearly 10,000 physicians in the region to find out where they would send a member of their own family in dozens of specialties. This year, we also launched an online poll of physicians to augment the responses we got from several thousand mailed surveys, and attracted more participation than ever. (See the complete list of Top Doctors at baltimoremagazine.net.) And it seems most doctors agree on who is the best: The survey revealed clear winners early in the process.

Assisting us with the survey were our five physician advisers, who were not eligible to be included on the list themselves.

Dr. Niraj Jani is chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Dr. Jani has
a special interest in gastrointestinal cancer, pancreaticobiliary diseases, and expertise in endoscopic ultrasound. He received his medical degree from the University of Rochester, completed fellowships in gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition, as well as in interventional endoscopy
at the University of Pittsburgh and completed his internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Hospital.

A Baltimore native,
Dr. Andrew Kramer went to medical school at the University of Maryland. He completed his surgery and urology training at Boston Medical Center and returned to Baltimore seven years ago to join the University Of Maryland School of Medicine full-time academic faculty. He performs a high surgical volume in the fields of male sexual medicine and urologic oncology and has one of the five largest penile implant practices in the world. He has also obtained an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Finance and is currently the associate chairman for finance and business operations for the Department of Surgery.

Dr. Larry H. Lickstein is a plastic surgeon specializing in facial surgery at the Cosmetic Surgery Center of Maryland and is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. A member of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and American College of Surgeons, Dr. Lickstein’s experience includes reconstructive surgery on women fighting breast cancer, as well as using the latest advances in aesthetic surgery for the face and body.

An honors graduate of Princeton University and New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Lickstein served as chief resident in the department of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Redonda Gail Miller is an associate professor of medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as vice president for medical affairs at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

She received her bachelor of science degree from The Ohio State University, her M.D. from Johns Hopkins, and served her internship in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, later becoming a chief resident in internal medicine. She also holds a master’s degree in business.
She lectures and publishes on women’s health issues and has served as an editor and board member on several medical journals.

Dr. Joseph M. Wiley is the chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai. He has been active in clinical research in pediatric hematology-oncology, and has made more than 100 presentations on the topic nationally and internationally. He is best known for his work in supportive care and fungal infections in cancer patients, as well as his work in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Wiley is a graduate of Loyola College in Maryland with a B.A. in mathematics and earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.